Abstract: A Hibiscus plant named ‘Denise Yumi’ having attractive medium textured petals with overlapped, ruffled petals and undulating petal margin. Flowers have a bright yellow body (near 9A-12A), white halo (near 155C) with a large dark magenta zone (near 57A-58A) which blends into dark red eye (near 45A-47A) and a flower life of about three or more days on the plant. The plant has cordate shaped leaves with acute apices and somewhat round smooth bases.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Redbronze Pilar’, characterized by its anemone-type inflorescences that are about 6.3 cm in diameter and with large anemone centers; attractive dark red ray florets and yellow disc florets; freely and early flowering habit; dark green foliage; thick and strong stems; long peduncles and good postproduction longevity with inflorescences maintaining good substance and color for about three or four weeks in an interior environment.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Lantana plant named ‘Samson’, characterized by its upright, mounded and outwardly spreading plant habit; freely branching habit; freely and consistent flowering habit; golden yellow and orange-colored flowers; and excellent garden performance.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Hemerocallis plant named ‘Piper Mitchell’ characterized by its large yellow flowers tinged with orange which are borne on short branched scapes. The flowers do not fade in warm, bright conditions and are resistant to water spotting. Plants of ‘Piper Mitchell’ bloom very early in the season, and then repeatedly through out the growing season. Plants of ‘Piper Mitchell’ are evergreen, thus they are attractive in landscapes. The plant grows vigorously, and propagates easily by division or tissue culture.

Abstract: A new garden rose plant which has abundant, dark pink flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Lobelia plant named ‘Weslowei’, characterized by its cascading and rounded plant habit; short internodes, dense and bushy plant form; vigorous growth habit; dark green leaves; and pure white-colored flowers.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Lavender plant named ‘Burgoldeen’, characterized by its compact plant habit; unique variegated leaves with grayish green centers and creamy yellow margins; and blue purple-colored flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of sugar cane has resulted from crossing the variety of ‘CL66-141’ (unpatented) as a female with variety ‘CL73-838’ (unpatented) as male.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Dusty Pink Suerte’, characterized by its daisy-type inflorescences that are about 7.7 cm in diameter; attractive soft pink ray and bright yellow disc florets; very freely flowering habit with numerous inflorescences per stem; response time about 67 days; dark green foliage; strong stems; long peduncles; and good postproduction longevity with inflorescences maintaining good substance and color for at least four weeks in an interior environment.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Papaver plant named ‘Pink Ruffles’, characterized by its upright and compact plant habit; dark green leaves; vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; and pink petals with fringed margins.

Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘White Yodavis’, characterized by its upright and uniformly mounded plant habit; dark green foliage; nine-week response time; very freely flowering habit; daisy-type inflorescences that are about 5.2 cm in diameter; white ray florets and bright yellow disc florets; and excellent postproduction longevity with plants maintaining good substance and color for at least three weeks in an interior environment.

Abstract: A multi-function controller for a water heater is advanced comprising a control panel and a plurality of sensors that monitor a variety of functions that impact the operation of a water heater. A flammable gas sensor, placed in proximity to the air intake, detects the presence of an unsafe concentration of gas and issues a signal to the control panel, which subsequently discontinues the operation of the burners. Detection of a blocked vent pipe is achieved by a carbon monoxide sensor placed near the draft hood. The control panel is equipped with circuitry which monitors usage of the heater for a specified time period to develop a pattern of use. Subsequent to the monitoring period, the controller will activate the burners a predetermined time prior to an anticipated period of high use. During periods of low use, the controller will decrease the temperature to which the water is to be heated, thereby resulting in a more efficient heater.

Abstract: A clutch cover assembly is used for urging a friction member connected to an output member against an input rotation member and for releasing urging on the input rotation member. The clutch cover assembly comprises a clutch cover, a pressure plate, an urging member, a support mechanism and a movement regulation mechanism. The clutch cover is fixed to the input rotation member. The pressure plate is located within the clutch cover and urges the friction member. The urging member urges the pressure plate toward the friction member. The support mechanism is movable toward the friction member and supports the urging member. The movement regulation mechanism moves the support member toward the friction member according to wear displacement of the friction member.

Abstract: A conveyor is provided with at least one flexible elongated transporter which is movable lengthwise by a driving mechanism. Overlapping platforms are coupled to the transporter mechanism by mechanism of supports. At least some of the supports connecting the platforms to the transport mechanism are capable of pivoting movement with respect to the transport mechanism about pivot pins extending parallel to the longitudinal direction of the transport. Mechanism are provided for causing selected supports and the platforms connected thereto to pivot about associated pivot pins in at least one predetermined place. The supports are arranged in spaced-apart groups of two supports disposed near each other, whereby the platforms connected to the supports of one group extended from the respective supports in a direction away from each other.

Abstract: A Co-Pt based magnetic alloy which has been doped with a relatively high amount of nitrogen, e.g., or above 1 at. % is obtained having high coercivity, for example in the range of 1400 Oe or above, and an increased signal-to-noise ratio as compared to the same Co-Pt based alloy which has not been doped with nitrogen. The alloy is vacuum deposited, for example, by sputtering, and the nitrogen may be introduced from the sputtering gas or from the sputtering target.

Abstract: An electrochemical etching step in a semiconductor device fabrication process increases the radius of curvature of edges of metal lines deposited on the semiconductor device. The metal lines are fabricated by forming a mask, electrodepositing the metal, and removing the mask, and the electro-chemical etching step in performed subsequently. The increased radius of curvature of the metal lines simplifies subsequent planarization and decreases line-to-line capacitance, thereby enhancing device performance. In an apparatus for performing the fabrication process, wires sown into a gasket which secures the semiconductor wafer and prevents electrolyte leakage, allows the gasket to function also as a component of the cathode. A more uniform metal deposition is created by a virtual anode, i.e., a metal plate having an aperture and being located between the anode and the cathode.

Abstract: A color picture tube is disclosed, that comprises an outer sheath having a electron gun, the outer sheath being airtightly sealed, a face plate having light transmissivity and disposed on the front surface of the outer sheath, and a large number of red, blue, and green pixels regularly arranged inside the face plate, wherein the pixels have a fluorescent substance layer and a color filter, the fluorescent substance layer being lit by a radiation of an electron beam, the color filter being disposed between the fluorescent substance layer and the face palate, and wherein green pixels have a chromaticity that is plotted in the fourth quadrant of a coordinate system of a (L*a*b*) color system where a* is the horizontal axis and *b is the vertical axis when light of a standard light source C is reflected on the outside of the face plate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transient suppression in synchronous data protection systems which includes high-pass filtering of the signal produced by the sampling and shaping circuits before the signal enters the timing and gain control circuits. This high-pass filtering may be turned on when a transient is detected, in anticipation of a previously detected transient, or may be always on. Using the high-pass version of the shaped signal allows the timing loop and the gain loop to function during a transient interval, thus maintaining timing and gain lock during such an interval.

Abstract: A polarization viewer comprising a mechanism for forming a broadview image having a spectral width greater than 2 angstroms and 0.50° based on polarization information of a scene. The polarization viewer is also comprised of a mechanism for providing polarization information to the forming mechanism. The providing mechanism is in communication with the forming mechanism. In a first embodiment, the providing mechanism includes a camera mechanism in communication with the forming mechanism. The camera mechanism includes a fixed polarizer analyzer disposed such that electromagnetic radiation entering the camera mechanism passes through the polarizer analyzer. The providing mechanism can also include a mechanism for steering a polarization plane of the radiation. The steering mechanism is disposed such that radiation passing through the polarizer analyzer first passes through the steering mechanism.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes input/output circuitry capable of operating in sync with an externally provided I/O clock signal. A data in buffer and a data out buffer provide for serial to parallel conversion of write data and, conversely, parallel to serial conversion of read data. The data buffers can be synchronized with the external I/O clock signal thereby decoupling their operation from the internal system clock signal. This strategy improves I/O bandwidth and further provides for matching different numbers of bit lines or word sizes as between the I/O data port and the memory array itself. An internal I/O clock generator can be provided for generating I/O clock signals, again without the limitation of synchronizing to the internal system clock signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cellular digital mobile radio system including base stations (Bm, Bn) and mobile stations (MS1, MS2) with transmitters and receivers. The invention also relates to a method of transmitting message information digitally between mobile and base stations in such a system. In accordance with the invention, at least two base station transmitters (Bma, Bmb, Pna, Bnb) at a given transmitting distance from each other are assigned to each of certain cells (Cm, Cn) within a restricted geographical area. The base station transmitters which are assigned to the same cell transmit digitally modulated radio signals within the same frequency range at least partially simultaneously to the mobile stations of the cell. The radio signals from different base station transmitters associated with the same cell are digitally modulated with the same message information to the mobile stations in the cell.

Abstract: An interpolation method in which a threshold value used for determining a pixel value of a pixel generated by interpolation according to a context (state value of adjacent pixels). In the interpolation method, the ambiguity between the interpolation value and the threshold value is removed by using the context (state value of the reference pixels around the interpolated pixel), thereby reducing the blocking and smoothing phenomena in the restored binary image.

Abstract: A fuser member useful for heat-fixing an electrographic toner to a substrate. The fuser member has a core and a layer overlying the core. That layer includes a cured fluorocarbon random copolymer having subunits with the general structures: where x is from 30 to 90 mole percent, y is from 10 to 70 mole percent, and z is from 0 to 34 mole percent. The layer incorporates particulate filler. The filler includes aluminum oxide and a material selected from the group consisting of alkaline earth metal oxides, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, and combinations thereof. The filler has a total concentration in the layer of from about 25 to 50 percent of the total volume of the layer. The aluminum oxide has a concentration of from 20 to 40 percent of the total volume of the layer.

Abstract: A subscriber unit (26) communicates with a satellite communication system (10) that projects cells. The satellites (12) and cells move relative to the earth. During every other TDMA frame, a subscriber unit (26) measures the signal strength of all candidate hand-off beams. The signal strength of the current beam is compared to the signal strength of the candidate hand-off beams. When the signal strength of the current beam is not the strongest, a counter is incremented (108). A hand-off is requested to the beam with the greatest signal level when the counter exceeds a predetermined threshold. Accordingly, only after the current antenna beam has not been the strongest beam for a certain period of time, is a hand-off requested. A different counter threshold is used for candidate hand-off beams from other satellites (12).

Abstract: In a visor for a helmet, particularly a motorcycle helmet, comprising an outer plastic pane and an inner plastic pane which are held spaced apart relative to one another through a sealing edge under inclusion of an air cushion, provision is made, to attain a simple producibility while avoiding frame parts, for the outer pane to be extruded of plastic and to have edge regions that project toward the inside, into which an inner pane that is punched from a flat, plate-shaped plastic material can be inserted in a form-fitting manner.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus comprising a bib comprised of a neck portion, a body portion, a device for securing the neck portion around an individual's neck, and a device for securing the body portion around an individual's torso. The device for securing the body portion around an individual's torso may include a first extension and a second extension. The first extension and the second extension each may include an attachment device, which may be in the form of loops or hooks. The device for securing the neck portion around an individual's neck may include a first extension and a second extension. The first extension and the second extension each may include an attachment device, which may be in the form of loops or hooks. The first and second extensions each may have a first dimension which is at least one half the length of the body portion.

Abstract: Low density semifinished product for manufacturing buoyant products, comprising a plurality of layers of closed-cell expanded material, having a specific gravity lower than that of water, the said layers being flexible and elastic and being joined together by quilting spaced so as to define between them pockets of air, characterised in that the said quilting is preferably distributed in closed patterns.